So it’s official, the USGA and R&A have banned the anchored putting stroke as of 2016—and here’s what we’re pretty sure of: 1) No one will quit the game. 2) People now will either putt conventionally, use their long putters in an unanchored way, or ignore the Rule and do what they want. 3) The major manufacturers will all but stop making long putters. 4) The next major champions at Oakmont and Royal Troon will have conventional strokes. 5) The debate on bifurcation will rage on. And here’s what we’re not so sure of…yet. 1) How the PGA Tour will respond. 2) Whether anyone—professional or amateur—will bring a lawsuit against the rulemakers. 3) Whether Matt Kuchar will feel weird continuing as the “loophole anchorer,” and, assuming not, whether others will now adopt his anchored-against-the-forearm method. Time will tell.

Pro golf and money are almost always synonymous, but there’s been extra news lately. Sports Illustrated released its list of “The Fortunate 50”—the best-earning sports stars—where only two golfers made the list. Tiger Woods came in at number five (with $40,839,027 combined winnings and endorsement income in the last year) and Phil Mickelson at number six ($39,528,000). Tiger had topped the list every year since it began in 2004 until this oner, when boxer Floyd Mayweather ko’d all comers with $90,000,000. Also earnings-related, Rory McIlroy is changing agents. Again. In late 2011 he switched representatives, and now he’s leaving the Ireland-based Horizons Sports Management group—which got him deals with Nike and others—to set up his own company. Among his non-committal comments on the goings-on, McIlroy told reporters, “Management is a funny thing.” He hopes to be laughing all the way to the bank—and standing next to Tiger in the deposit line.

There’s nothing better than ending the week with an animal story. At Chisholm Park Golf Links in Dunedin, New Zealand, a six-year-old sheep dog named Bossdin has become the self-appointed finder of lost golf balls. "He just totally, totally concentrates on the tee shots,” says his owner, Dee Sorrell, as quoted in the New Zealand Herald. “He always gets the easy ones first. He runs up and sits beside the ball with his paws on either side until you get there. He never picks the ball up and he knows not to go onto the greens." Bossdin is almost as focused as the players he’s helping, as Ms. Sorrell describes: “He doesn't notice other dogs or want a pat when he’s on the golf course, because he’s working. Sometimes, he gets bored when they’re putting and starts to cry, because he wants them to hurry up and go to the next tee." Cries when they’re putting? Tell him not to watch golf on TV.

The second-most populous nation on earth with 1.2 billion people, India, also one of the world’s fastest growing major economies, has always had the potential to be a major player in the golf-tourism business. Now the north Indian states of Jammu and Kashmir, which have suffered tourism setbacks due to political instability, have passed a bill creating a state-wide Golf Development and Management Authority. The government believes the addition of more golf courses will entice players to a mountainous region renowned for its scenic beauty. The state capital of Srinigar is home to Royal Springs Golf Course, a Robert Trent Jones, Jr. design that opened in 2001, but the government hopes to see five more courses developed in the near future. All they need is a blessing from the region’s biggest hitter: the Dalai Lama. Maybe Carl Spackler can help.